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Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a ‘major gift to the Right’

By Steven Nelson

Published August 17, 2017 4:00am ET

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Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a ‘major gift to the Right’ — "As for Antifa, it's a minuscule fringe of the left, just as its predecessors were," Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner. "It's a major gift to the right, including the militant right, who are exuberant." (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) | Hatem Moussa

The left-wing “Antifa” movement is rising in prominence after clashing with white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., but one progressive scholar says the anti-fascists feed the fire they seek to extinguish.

“As for Antifa, it’s a minuscule fringe of the Left, just as its predecessors were,” Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner. “It’s a major gift to the Right, including the militant Right, who are exuberant.”

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